Goat Cheese Stuffed Peppers

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My 300th Post!

I feel like I should either be celebrating or writing something epic… But in reality, today’s post is short and sweet. Last night, we were busy putting together Hubster’s new elliptical and it looks like it’s going to take us two nights… Ah, quality time… After being exhausted I needed to whip up a snack (I also made these New Year’s Eve).

My picky Hubster was popping these into his mouth, that is until he found out the cheese was goat cheese. Goat cheese can be really pungent, but the smoky bacon and sweet peppers balance out the flavors. Funny how you can love something until you find out what it is. 🙂

 

Goat Cheese Stuffed Sweet Peppers

 

Goat Cheese Stuffed Peppers Ingredients:
goat cheese, mini sweet peppers, crumbled bacon, garlic powder, fresh parsley, fresh cracked black pepper

Goat Cheese Stuffed Peppers Directions:
Cut top from peppers and remove any seeds. Carefully mash together cheese, bacon, garlic and parsley. Using pastry bag or icing press, stuff peppers and serve cold.

Happy Three Kings Day!

Spicy Stuffed Peppers

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I love stuffed peppers, whether they’re red, green, yellow, orange or purple. In fact, when making several at a time, I use a couple of each color.

Ingredients:
6 bell peppers, 1 lb. turkey sausage, 4 c. cooked brown rice, 1 canned chopped green chilies, 2 c. tomato sauce,  2 c. shredded pepper jack cheese

Directions:
Preheat oven 400ºF. Blanch peppers in boiling water for 5 minutes. Chop sausage, brown and drain the grease. Add rice, chilies and sauce to meat and heat. Add cheese and remove once melted. Separate mixture equally and stuff into prepared peppers, place into a 9″ x 9″ baking dish. Top stuffed peppers with another spoonful of tomato sauce. Bake for 20 minutes or until peppers are tender.

Prepping the peppers

*The store was out of turkey sausage, so I used regular sausage for Hubster and omitted it from mine. I also added some jalepeños to give Hubster an extra kick…

*Some turkey sausage come in pork casings and I won’t buy or eat it. It’s very rare for me to find turkey sausage, sometimes I make my own, remembering to add fennel to the recipe. In that case, I don’t shape it, I cook it like ground meat.